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  "short_title": "Nitrate Sensitive Areas 1996",
  "long_title": "These Regulations amend the Nitrate Sensitive Areas Regulations 1994 (as amended by S.I. 1995/1708 and S.I. 1995/2095) (“the principal Regulations”) which implement in part a zonal programme approved by the European Commission (“the Commission”) under Article 7 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2078/92 (OJ No. L215, 30.7.92, p.85) (“the Agri-environment Regulation”) on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements of the protection of the environment and the maintenance of the countryside.",
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